re: #188 Dr Lizardo

On the subject of cinema, one of my students here, now a film critic, once asked me (after having seen Revenge of the Sith for the first time - yeah, a little behind schedule but she wasn’t a film critic when that was released), “How on earth did Anakin survive those injuries? I mean, those are pretty much fatal injuries, right?” to which I replied, “Plot armor, the greatest armor there is. IRL, he would likely have died in less than an hour, and even if got immediate medical attention, the rest of his life would’ve been quite short and spent in excruciating agony. Also, space magic.”

Correct. “The Force”, i.e., Space Magic, was so strong in him he could survive injuries that would kill anyone else.